C.R. Berry

C.R. Berry

  • “Show, don’t tell” advice for writers + story updates

    Good evening readers! Tonight I bring a round-up of Million Eyes updates and some advice on a literary rule that’s habitually banged on about by editors, agents and publishers: “show, don’t tell”. Million Eyes and Hodderscape No, no, it’s nothing exciting like a book deal from a publisher (I wish). However, it’s a mini endorsement… Read more

  • TV Review: Paranoid – a terrific example of how NOT to do a conspiracy thriller

    In an extra blog for this week, I’m reviewing the first three episodes of new ITV conspiracy thriller Paranoid. Why I’m choosing to review the series at this point will become clear. Spoilers ahead. I’m not going to mince words. Britain’s televisual output is pants. Apart from some comedy gems and one decent sci-fi series,… Read more

  • Operation Northwoods – a real government conspiracy exposed

    “We could blow up a US ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba.” Yes, these are the actual words of the US Department of Defence (DoD) and Joint Chiefs of Staff, part of a corrupt plan to start a phony war with Cuba. The villain of a story is often its driving force and most… Read more

  • Were the crew of the Mary Celeste swallowed by the Bermuda Triangle?

    The vanishing crew of the Mary Celeste is one of the biggest maritime mysteries in history. The Bermuda Triangle’s been blamed before, but is usually dismissed because the ship’s route didn’t pass anywhere near it. Could it be that whatever’s been swallowing ships and planes in the Triangle… moves? On November 7th 1872, the cargo… Read more

  • My short story “Rachel Can See” will be published in Metamorphose Issue 2

    Evening all! I mentioned in a recent blog that I had an announcement to make very soon about the Million Eyes Short Stories. Well, here it is! Rachel Can See, a story I wrote at the end of 2014, is going to be published in the Fall 2016 volume of Metamorphose, a science fiction and fantasy magazine and… Read more

  • The truth about Hillary Clinton’s body double

    Is Hillary Clinton dead? Rumour has it she’s kicked the bucket and been replaced by a body double… The internet loves a conspiracy theory. Hillary Clinton has faced accusations about her health throughout her presidential campaign, mainly fuelled by her opponent, Donald Trump (who claims to be in perfect health despite his large size and… Read more

  • How to write flashbacks in fiction + story updates

    Hello hello! Welcome, on this stifingly hot and sticky September day, to my monthly round-up of news, including the latest on Million Eyes and the Million Eyes Short Stories. And this month I also come bearing tips for writing flashback sequences in fiction—not as easy as it sounds! I’m being interviewed on Spaced Out Radio! Last month I was contacted… Read more

  • “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” now available to read in Tigershark Magazine

    My short story, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller, has now been published in Tigershark Magazine, Issue 11! You can download the PDF of the issue for free right here! Just click the link below. (The story starts on page 18.) Tigershark Magazine Issue 11 The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller is the second of the Million Eyes Short Stories… Read more

  • Were the Twin Towers deliberately demolished on 9/11?

    9/11 was the deadliest terrorist atrocity the world ever saw, but not everyone agrees on who the terrorists were that day. Many still believe that the US government, not al-Qaeda, were responsible for the attack. That the planes that collided with the Twin Towers were just a smokescreen for a controlled demolition of both buildings….… Read more

  • Does “The Shining” reveal that the Apollo moon landings were faked?

    Apparently there’s much more to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining than we all realised. It’s believed that the film contains a range of clues revealing that the Apollo moon landings were faked. Bonkers, right? Or might the conspiracy theorists be onto something? In my blog “Were the Apollo moon landings faked?” I assessed the footage of… Read more

  • The mysterious murder of England’s ‘Mad King’, Henry VI

    One of the main inspirations for the plot of Game of Thrones is the Wars of the Roses, a late 15th-century dynastic struggle that was fought between the houses of Lannister and Stark—no, sorry, Lancaster and York. The wars began during the reign of the Mad King Aerys Targaryen—no, sorry, the Mad King Henry VI,… Read more

  • “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” to be published by Tigershark

    I come bearing news! The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller is about to become the second of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be published. The story will be part of Issue 11 of Tigershark Magazine, a free e-zine of flash fiction, short fiction and poetry that’s been running since 2013.  Issue 11 should be out at the end… Read more

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